Moon to align with Jupiter, Mars and Saturn before dawn Thursday

[jpak]

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/moon-to-align-with-jupiter-mars-and-saturn-before-dawn-thursday/70004337

Early risers will be greeted with a celestial alignment in March with the moon falling in line with several planets on the morning of March 8.

Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Pluto will be spread across the southern sky before sunrise throughout much of March, starting with bright Jupiter high in the southern sky, and ending with Pluto to the southeast However, Pluto is too dim to see with the unaided eye.

“Of the planets, Jupiter rises the earliest, around midnight [local time], followed by Mars at 2 a.m. and Saturn at 3 a.m.,” AccuWeather Astronomy Blogger Dave Samuhel said.

The moon will pass by the planets over the course of several nights through the middle of March, falling right in line between Jupiter and Mars before dawn on March 8.

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[Orsino]

1. Alignment?

It's called the ecliptic. The same general path the Sun, moon and planets always follow.

[NurseJackie]

11. I imagined that "alignment" would mean that from our view, they'd all be...

... "lined-up" in a relatively straight line, each "hidden" by the one before it... and obscured by the moon.

[Orsino]

13. Alignment is a mushy term...

...clearly including "visible at the same time." It looks to me in the diagram as though the moon and three planets will be spread across nearly two-thirds of the observable sky (but more or less in an apparent line as they have to be).

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. If there's about 3 hours between the first and last rising, that's about an eighth of a day

so it ought to be about an eighth of a complete circle between them - or a quarter of the observable sky (maybe the diagram is roughly from east to south). I suppose that's closer than average, but not that notable, I'd think - more just a title for a general "what you can see in the sky at the moment" article.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. LOL, first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title was "The Age of Aquarius."

And now it's an earworm. I saw Hair on Broadway in March of 1969, haven't been the same since...

[mountain grammy]

16. When the moon is in the seventh house

and Jupiter aligns with Mars.
Then peace will guide the planets
and love will steer the stars..

I'll be singing it all day. Hair was a game changer!

[Iggo]

3. Harmony and understanding. Sympathy and trust abounding.

No more falsehoods and derisions.

Golden living dreams of visions.

Mystic crystal revelations.

And the mind's true liberation.

[Sanity Claws]

4. Yes!

You have an excellent memory.
I'm now singing to song in my mind.

[Iggo]

7. Still gives me goosebumps. Always will.

That bridge right there is some seriously good songsmithing.

Light and playful at the beginning, slowly drifting down before rising with power, triumphant.

[samnsara]

5. oh maaaaaan The Age of Aquarius

[samnsara]

6. i requested Alexa to play that song now....

[Thunderbeast]

8. Didn't many of the aquarian hippies

grow up to found the Tea Party?

Just asking. I was a flower child wannabe.

[barbtries]

14. i saw Hair in 1969 too.

now i'm an old hippie. however my brother, turned 70 in Oct, who marched against Vietnam and was a member of VVAW, after 20 years of non-stop fox, well.

peace.

[bigtree]

9. oh, hell yeah!

[KPN]

10. Excellent!

[raccoon]

12. Is it still the Age of Aquarius? nt

[OxQQme]

15. The drumpf phenomena is the ready to burst pimple

on the age of Pisces, which is personified by patriarchal monotheism which I believe began with Mose's instructions.
Yahweh said "No way, it's ME. I'll rain fire and fury on non-believers. I demand loyalty." (Hmm, sounds familiar)

Prior to that slice of time Innana was 'The Supreme Being' in a world that had women being land owners and spiritual leaders.
A Matriarchal society with several 'gods'.

I am fortunate to have attended "Hair" in it's opening week in Hollywood as an impressionable (stoner) 27 year old,
and have been optimistic since, that the age of Aquarius would come to fruition in my lifetime, as it has a softer,
more reasonable, matriarchal vibe on the world's population.

SHE PERSISTS!
Harriet was the 'boss' of Ozzie.
I witness.
This too shall pass, but an 'age' is roughly 2160 years.

[gratuitous]

17. Watch for Needy Amin to take credit for this

While simultaneously griping that the fake news is denying that he had anything to do with it.

[Wednesdays]

18. A Celestial Chorus Line!

Maybe they'll sing and dance, too!